POLL: Should Manchester City have eased off on Burton in 9-0 win?

In a grossly lopsided affair, Man City put nine goals past League One's Burton Albion in the first leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final tie.

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The FC crew agreed that Manchester City showed full respect to Carabao Cup opponents Burton Albion, while running up a 9-0 lead in the first leg.

Manchester City's Pep Guardiola was quick heap praise on Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solksjaer and pointed out it was better than his start to life at City.

Manchester City will carry a virtually unassailable lead into the second leg of their Carabao Cup semifinal after beating Burton Albion 9-0 in Wednesday's first leg at the Etihad.

There were three divisions and several hundred million pounds in market value separating the two sides at kick-off and the question of "professional etiquette" was raised after the game, in which Gabriel Jesus helped himself to four goals.

1986 - Burton Albion's 9-0 defeat is the heaviest League Cup defeat by any side since Liverpool beat Fulham 10-0 back in September 1986, and is the largest ever margin of defeat in the semi-final of the competition. Gap. #CarabaoCup

The issue was hotly debated on social media, with one camp arguing that City should have eased up on Burton to spare their blushes, while the other contended that football is a competitive sport and that the maximum number of goals should always be pursued.

The home fans were chanting that they wanted to see double figures during the latter stages of the game, perhaps in the knowledge that one more goal would have equalled the club's all-time record win: a 10-0 victory over the now-defunct Darwen FC way back in 1899.

It isn't the first time City have made a point of annihilating comparatively weaker opposition either, with last weekend's FA Cup third round clash against Rotherham ending in a comprehensive 7-0 romp.

Guardiola's side thus became the first team in the top four tiers of English football to score seven or more goals in back-to-back matches since Leeds United, who did so by beating Spora Luxembourg (9-0) and Chelsea (7-0) in 1967.

In the League Cup alone, City have won 13 of their last 15 games against lower league sides, scoring a total of 50 goals in the process.

Perhaps the biggest shame of the evening was the phalanx of travelling Burton fans who missed much of their beloved club's first ever appearance in a major cup semifinal due to getting stuck in massive tailbacks on the M6 motorway on the way to Manchester -- with one supporter arriving with just 15 minutes remaining.

After all, think of all the goals they missed.

With two weeks to regroup, the sides will now reconvene to settle up the second leg at Burton's Pirelli Stadium on Jan. 23.